{"product_id":"the-man-who-broke-reality-niels-bohr-and-the-making-of-modern-physics-9780349136578","title":"The Man Who Broke Reality: Niels Bohr and the Making of Modern Physics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe revolutionary science and dramatic life of Niels Bohr-one of the great physicists of the 20th century\u003c\/p\u003eDanish physicist Niels Bohr was one of the greatest scientists of the twentieth century.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe won the Nobel Prize in 1922 for his revolutionary contribution to quantum theory.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was engaged in a lifelong intellectual duel with Einstein - and modern experiments have vindicated his view.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the Second World War, he debated with Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen about his former student's work on the Nazi atomic bomb.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe escaped Nazi-occupied Denmark and was welcomed by Robert Oppenheimer to the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe campaigned tirelessly for international arms control during the Cold War.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was a prime mover behind the establishment of CERN, the centre for nuclear physics in Switzerland.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Man Who Broke Reality, by acclaimed science writer Philip Ball, is a compelling portrait of one of the twentieth century's most inventive and iconoclastic thinkers - a scientist whose insights continue to shape our understanding of the universe and our place within it.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780349136578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 06 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.2(H)x15.4(L)x3.8(W)584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 584\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003ePhilip Ball is widely recognized as one of the UK's leading science communicators. He is a regular contributor to Nature, New Scientist, the Guardian, the Observer, Prospect, New Statesman, and other publications. He has a degree in chemistry from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in physics from the University of Bristol. Philip was an editor at Nature for over two decades.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Broke Reality\u003c\/i\u003e is comprehensive, authoritative and shrewd, and, like all of Philip Ball's books, as entertaining as it is enlightening -- John Banville * Financial Times *","brand":"Philip Ball","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50735566651609,"sku":"9780349136578","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780349136578.jpg?v=1792168788","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/the-man-who-broke-reality-niels-bohr-and-the-making-of-modern-physics-9780349136578","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}